Partners

Partnership in the Monterey Bay Regional Climate Action Compact is open to all government agencies, educational institutions, private businesses, non-profit, and non-governmental organizations in the region. Current partners are listed below.

Member organizations who join the Climate Action Compact are committing to participate in regular Advisory Group meetings and cooperate to further the agreed upon objectives and common goals of partner organizations using existing staff and available resources. This sort of cross-sector, regional collective action will allow each member organization to realize maximum benefit with minimal drain on resources while providing the most cost-effective approach to meeting common voluntary and regulatory climate action goals.

CSU Monterey Bay works to build a multicultural learning community founded on academic excellence from which all partners in the educational process emerge prepared to contribute productively, responsibly, and ethically to California and the global community.

City of Monterey, The City of Monterey is committed to sustainability and climate protection, and enhancing the quality of life for local residents and visitors through community partnerships and engagements.

Salinas Valley Solid Waste Authority (SVSWA) is a joint powers agency made up of the following local governments: Monterey County (eastern half of the unincorporated county), and the cities of Gonzales, Greenfield, King City, Salinas, and Soledad.

The Offset Project focuses on reducing carbon emissions by bringing communities in the Monterey Bay area together through education and grassroots initiatives.

Emerging Ecologies (EE) empowers individuals, organizations, and communities to take transformative actions to address climate change by leveraging the collective power of the many to generate massive change through a multitude of minute actions.

ZEROCITY works with municipalities, school districts, and universities to achieve net zero gas emissions using community-scale renewable energy projects.

Citizens’ Climate Lobbyis a non-profit, non-partisan grassroots advocacy organization focused on the passage of national legislation pricing carbon emissions in fossil fuels to reduce their use and encourage a more rapid movement to clean energy.

Pebble Beach Community Services District (“PBCSD”) is a local government that provides a number of services within the Del Monte Forest area of the Monterey Bay Peninsula. These services include emergency services, wastewater treatment, recycled water distribution, and waste programs.

Blue Strike Environmental works to strike a balance between the environment and communities by creating project design with a focus on climate action planning, sustainable event management, and community legacy strategies. Its team has built sustainability frameworks for the national sporting industry and has a proven track record for distributed energy and advanced energy storage concepts. Building public/private partnerships and engaging the community through this process is paramount to our mission.